Project & Portfolio Management
Project Management Skills Series (Triple Constraints; Risk & Procurement; Communicating Within Teams; Monitoring & Control)
A series of focused courses for project managers who have mastered the fundamentals: balancing scope, schedule and cost; managing risk and procurement; communicating within teams; monitoring and control techniques; and an integrated case-study workshop.
At a glance
Catalog codeJ05
Duration
- 2–4 days · Per course
LevelPractitioner
Program typeProfessional Course
LanguageEnglish / Arabic
DeliveryIn-house · Public · Online
Who it's for
- Project managers, team leaders, business analysts and professionals moving into PM
Learning objectives
- Strengthen specific PM competencies beyond fundamentals
Detailed content
- Scope, schedule, cost & quality planning
- Estimating durations; building and optimising the schedule
- Cost estimating and budgeting; controlling scope, schedule and cost (EVM)
- Quality assurance and control; troubled projects
- Plan risk management; identify, analyse, quantify and prioritise risks; responses; monitoring
- Contract types; pre-award, award and post-award; negotiating; administration; close-out
- Elements and styles of communication; stakeholder expectations
- Stages of team development; team decision- making; project leadership
- Conflict; remote & virtual teams; motivation; high- performance teams
- Measuring performance (EVM); interpreting information; monitoring granularity; trends
- Handling problems; decision analysis; QA/QC; effective status meetings; post-project review
- Charter; risk responses; precedence diagrams & CPM; stakeholders; vendor management; budget; variance control; team presentation
Day-by-day agenda
A typical schedule. In-company versions are tailored to your processes, data and timing.
- Delivering the Triple Constraints (3 d)
- Managing Risk & Procurements (3 d)
- Communicating Within Teams (2 d)
- Project Monitoring & Control Techniques (4 d)
- Project Management Case Study Workshop (2 d)
- Case study, action plans and course assessment
Practice, tools and assessment
Hands-on practice
- Supply-chain mapping of one product family
- ABC/XYZ inventory analysis and safety-stock calculation
- Supplier evaluation and negotiation role play
- Build a WBS, network diagram and critical path for a case project
Tools and templates you keep
- Inventory policy and safety-stock calculator (Excel)
- Supplier scorecard template
- S&OP meeting pack
- Project charter, WBS and RACI templates
How learning is assessed
- Pre- and post-course knowledge check
- Assessment of practical exercises by the trainer
- Action plan reviewed at the end of the course
Built on these standards and bodies of knowledge
- ASCM (APICS) CPIM / CSCP Body of Knowledge
- SCOR Digital Standard
- CIPS procurement framework
How it is delivered
- Public courses in Cairo, in-company programs and live online training
- Practical exercises, case studies and examples from your sector
- Can also run as Train & Stay in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada or Cairo
Part of these career paths
- Project Management · Practitioner
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How long is Project Management Skills Series (Triple Constraints; Risk & Procurement; Communicating Within Teams; Monitoring & Control)?
The program runs 2–4 days. In-company versions can be adapted to your needs.
Is the course taught in Arabic or English?
Sessions are usually delivered in Arabic with English technical terms and materials. Full English delivery is available for in-company groups.
Can you run it inside our company?
Yes. In-company programs use exercises built on your own processes. Tell us the group size and preferred timing and we will send a proposal.
Will I receive a certificate?
Participants who complete the program and its assessment receive a certificate from The Excellence Center, which can be verified online.
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